Accident Insurance forms

Astaroth

Bossyboots wrote:

Surely that can't be right as you could end up with the legal expenses insurer paying legal fees to sue itself. The solicitors would also have a conflict of interest and they cannot act for the claimant and defendant.

Yes, the insurer will pay for a passenger to sue them (the insurer not the passenger)

1) the solictor pays the insurer in the region of £400 for the privilege

2) conditional funding is much more expensive for an insurer to pay out on than paying fees of an unsuccessful case


In a case like the above where you have the potential for there to be a dispute on liability between the 2 drivers plus in addition to that a passenger suing the 2 drivers then typically the passenger would be appointed a different panel solictor to the driver to remove the conflict of interests.